riflemen

noun

plural of rifleman
as in snipers

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  1. snipers
  2. sharpshooters
  3. shooters
Noun
  • As some 2,500 heavily armed police officers, soldiers and snipers entered through a maze of narrow streets, intense gunfire could be heard all around.
    — Sol Amaya, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Vyan uses logic and the help of friendly Kurdish commander from the Iraqi government forces in Mosul to locate the IS snipers preventing civilians from leaving the devastated city.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of snipers
Noun
  • Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn has long opposed the eradication, ever since a previous plan called for sharpshooters to take aim at the deer from helicopters.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Leo took a pilgrimage to those ruins Tuesday, arriving during a rainstorm with sharpshooters covering the ancient flagstones and colonnades.
    — Claudio Lavanga, NBC news, 15 Apr. 2026
Definition of sharpshooters
Noun
  • There’s a gamble here that both of my picks don’t turn into good deep shooters and spacing becomes an issue, but the talent is too good to pass up.
    — Victor Wembanyama, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Kirk toured college campuses and got in political arguments with left-leaning students, and Kozak, a student at UVU, wanted to debate Kirk’s past statements about transgender mass shooters.
    — Elle Reeve, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of shooters
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“Riflemen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riflemen. Accessed 12 Sep. 2026.

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